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`1 Big Mac, Please, But Hold The Beef'

NEW DELHI — McDonald's is coming to India, but it's leaving its all-beef patties behind.

The first Indian outlet of the U.S.-based chain opens Sunday in a New Delhi shopping center, officials announced. It will be the only McDonald's in the world with no beef on the menu.

Some 80 percent of Indians are Hindu, a religion whose adherents don't eat beef and believe cows are a sacred symbol.

"Here, McDonald's has been very sensitive to our culture and brought out totally new products," said Vikram Bakshi, an Indian real estate magnate who formed a partnership with McDonald's to open the New Delhi franchise.